Electrician Jobs External mains power inside house?

[Spoon]

Obviously not a very knowledgeable Electrician imo

What part mate?
What do you see wrong with what the electrician has done?

 

[Pete999]

Hi Pete,
So what would you recommend?

Thanks
David

Where you have said CU fuse is that where the meter is?it seems odd to me if that is the case, either way you need to contact the DNO if this is the cable feeding your house to hear their recommendations, don't mean to be a hindsight freak, but did your builder not mention this problem? daft question really all he is interested in is the building, every thing else is your problem. I would, contact DNO as a matter of urgency before anymore building work is done, sorry I can't offer any more advice.
What do you intend to do with the wall the cable is on, with regards to a covering medium?

 

[David1128828]

Hi Pete,
It's a 30's house, and all the houses on this stretch are the same - i.e. the power line goes directly into houses (with fuse on the inside of the house) - this was like this when we bought it, and the neighbours all have the same system, so i am not worried about that. The wiring in that photo is as we bought the house.

We knew about the problem, had scottish power out, and was going to move everything until the electrician said you could do it this way instead. Having a last minute panic to confirm it is OK.

 

[Pete999]

What part mate?
What do you see wrong with what the electrician has done?

Well I would have thought that he should have realised the problem, and mentioned it straight away, perhaps "not very knowledgeable" is being a bit of a harsh comment, still think it should have been noticed and dealt with before any building work, think also the planning people should have noted it as well. My opinion is that this should have been dealt with at the onset of the works. That's all I can say. so I'll sign off now, as I can see this thread becoming a mud slinging exercise.

 

[David1128828]

Thanks for your help Pete.

 

[Pete999]

Thanks for your help Pete.

Your Welcome, Hope you can sort things out.

 

[Spoon]

That's all I can say. so I'll sign off now, as I can see this thread becoming a mud slinging exercise.

No mud slinging from my direction mate.

 

[David1128828]

So what you recon we should do - rewire the house, or go with our electrician.

 

[Spoon]

Have you any pics of the wiring inside your house. All the way to the Meter.

 

[David1128828]

not at the moment - as at work...that last photo happened to be on my phone.

 

[Midwest]

Hi Pete,
It's a 30's house, and all the houses on this stretch are the same - i.e. the power line goes directly into houses (with fuse on the inside of the house) - this was like this when we bought it, and the neighbours all have the same system, so i am not worried about that. The wiring in that photo is as we bought the house.

We knew about the problem, had scottish power out, and was going to move everything until the electrician said you could do it this way instead. Having a last minute panic to confirm it is OK.

I've seen DNO route their supply cable through house before now. Did Scottish Power provide you with a price for re-routing their supply cable?

 

[David1128828]

No- they said they'd put a fuse on the outside of the house. At the time we didn't want any wiring on the wall (as we were going to leave the brick exposed)...

 

[Midwest]

No- they said they'd put a fuse on the outside of the house. At the time we didn't want any wiring on the wall (as we were going to leave the brick exposed)...

I don't quite understand 'fuse on the outside of the house'?

 

[Midwest]

Guessing your supply is TT, overhead supply from pole (yours & neighbours), your supply set up should look something like this;

The cable going through your extension, is represented in the above diagram, by the piece of black cable. The rest of the above diagram, should be inside your existing property.

If your supply is a different one (not TT), the same set up exists, supply cable, main fuse, tails to meter, meter, meter tails to consumer unit.

 

[Midwest]

I don't quite understand 'fuse on the outside of the house'?

Were they going to install something like this, on the outside of your property?